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Internal Fellowships and Awards

Receiving an internal fellowship not only provides you with financial support, but also enhances your CV. A range of fellowships are available for outstanding PhD students in both basic science and social and populational science programs. See a matrix of all awards offered through the Graduate Division.

Note that number of awards and the award amounts are subject to change each academic year based on available funding.

How to Get One

Graduate students are nominated by their graduate programs for internal competitive fellowships. We urge students interested in being nominated for a competitive fellowship to contact their program administrator.

Please review the eligibility requirements on each fellowship. Awards are available to PhD students who are US citizens, permanent residents, undocumented, AB 540, and foreign nationals who are entering their first through fifth years of study as of the upcoming fall term with a 3.0 or higher GPA. ARCS Scholarship requires a 3.5 or higher GPA.

Graduate programs with 50 or more students may nominate two students for each fellowship. Programs with fewer than 50 students may nominate one student for most of the fellowships. Eugene Cota-Robles, Graduate Dean's Dissertation Completion, and Rosenberg-Hill fellowships have different nomination restrictions.

Graduate programs may nominate a single student for more than one internal fellowship, but each student may only receive one fellowship at a time.

Nomination Procedure

Nominations are made by the graduate program administrators via the online nomination system housed in the Office of Registrar (OAR) staff portal. Programs nominating 1st year students as of the upcoming fall term will need to provide the following information:

Undergraduate institution

Prior graduate institution, if applicable

GPA (most current)

One recommendation letter from the student's application OR one recommendation letter from a UCSF faculty member.

CV or statement of academic achievements, including abstracts of published papers, all postsecondary honors and activities

Copy of the transcript submitted with the application

Programs nominating students entering years 2-5 as of the upcoming fall term will need to provide at least the following information (see individual fellowship pages for additional requirements):

A single faculty letter nominating the student, describing their potential, academic achievements and significant research work

CV, or statement of academic achievements, which may include abstracts of published papers, all postsecondary honors and activities

Unofficial UCSF transcript

Programs are encouraged to nominate underrepresented minorities, students with physical challenges, and individuals from cultural, linguistic, geographic and socio-economic backgrounds who are underrepresented in graduate student and faculty populations. Students with AB 540 status or are undocumented students are eligible to receive many of these fellowships. Refer to individual fellowship pages for citizenship requirements.

Terms and Conditions

Acceptance and expenditure of internal fellowship and award funds constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions:

You will register at UCSF and devote yourself to full-time graduate study, dissertation research, or dissertation writing.

You will maintain good academic standing and make satisfactory academic progress according to the standards and practices of UCSF.

You will not hold an appointment with more than 50% effort in student academic title codes while school is in session. Fellowship recipients may have an appointment up to 100% time during intercession (December and June-August).

You will inform the Graduate Division immediately of changes in your status that may affect your award. This includes: the receipt of other fellowships or awards, change in residency status, withdrawal, leave of absence, advancement to candidacy, change in degree objective, or graduation.

Questions

Questions on Graduate Division fellowships may be directed to [email protected]. Students should contact their program administrator if they are interested in any of the fellowships detailed on the individual fellowship pages and summarized in the awards matrix.